![]() I usually stage mine on the outside of my pack while rolled inside of my poncho for protection. The wobbie is light but does take up a bit of bulk. When we were deployed on ship, the circumstances remained similar. Not only were they comfortable to sleep with but when we woke up and had to make our racks, it was quick work since we had only laid on top of the linen while sleeping. Once we were back at our barracks, most of us would use our wobbies as a blanket on our cots. We have used them as tarps, pillows, stretchers, shelter, blankets, sleeping bags and anything else that me and my fellow Marines could think of while in the field. ![]() ![]() Marines had zippers attached to them for sleeping bag uses. I have seen a poncho liner brought to a tailer and sewn into a, very cool, all weather jacket. – I bet you thought that I was kidding about the emotional part. Things got so crazy at home between my wife & dogs trying to man-handle my Woobie that we know own 5. I was issued a woobie while on active duty as a Marine and it has remained at an arms length ever since. The poncho liner or “woobie” is standard issue in the United States Marine Corps as well as the U.S. It’s really a magical & mystical Military Issued Poncho Liner. Well, then how can such bad-asses consider a blanket one of their most prized possessions and emotionally refer to it as a Wobbie? We are hard core, do or die, one shot one kill. United States Marines and Infantry “Grunts” in general are supposed to be some of the toughest people around.
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